Career talk
What’s this talk about?
My career path
My reflections
My advice to my former self
My career so far
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Whats the connection?
Consultancy
Start up / Scale ups
Lancaster
Working in consultancy
Pros
Variety of problems and industries
Learning new stuff
Helping passionate people
Cons
Being on the clock can be stressful
Getting burnt out
Wanting to do a great job for the client
Working for a small company
Pros
Get involved in all aspects of the business
Team spirit
Can build your own role
Autonomy and control
Cons
Limit to where you can climb
Scale up has growing pains
Fighting for work can be exahausting
Can be unstable
What has helped me
Personal thoughts
- Be bold
- Find what makes you special
- Connect with your community
Be bold
Coming to Lancaster
Appling for jobs which aren’t quite right
Asking Nicola to join Jumping Rivers
Find what makes you stand out
You can’t do it all 🦄
Focus on maximising your strengths
Then shout about it
Use your community
It’s a small world
Communities I get value from
- R Ladies / Py-Ladies
- STOR-i & Lancaster
- RSS
- Local data meetups
- #RStats
Community
What’s next?
Why am I leaving
Why am I leaving?
I found scale ups hard
I’ve stopped learning
I want to do a bit more statistics
I got burnt out, and I need a different pace
Moving to the NHS is going to be very different
I’m a little scared and a little excited
Find the data / healthcare communities locally and online
Questions?
